This is the sixth and final cache in this series. It is optional to log the other five caches that are located at each of the respective dams prior to logging this one. The other caches are as follows:
100 Dam Years-Englewood (Five Rivers MetroParks), GC4CQ5Z
100 Dam Years-Germantown (Five Rivers MetroParks), GC4CQ6Z
100 Dam Years-Taylorsville (Five Rivers MetroParks), GC4CQ7E
100 Dam Years-Huffman (Five Rivers MetroParks), GC4F2DH
100 Dam Years-Lockington, GC4CQ7N
These caches are commemorating the 100th anniversary of The Great Dayton Flood of 1913. This catastrophic event occurred in March of 1913 and remains Ohio’s worst natural disaster. In just three days nearly 10 inches of rain, some 4 million gallons –– about equal to a month's discharge over Niagara Falls –– fell in the Miami Valley. The death toll reached 360, and 20,000 homes were destroyed.
In the wake of this devastating event, the Miami Conservancy District was formed. Still working today, it is a river management agency operating in Southwest Ohio to control flooding of the Great Miami River and its tributaries. The district manages five dams: Englewood Dam, Germantown Dam, Huffman Dam, Lockington Dam, and Taylorsville Dam. The district’s headquarters are just over a mile from this cache location and remain in the original building that was built in 1915.
This cache sits along the Mad River which is of the five rivers coming into the city. Looking southwest towards the city you can also see the Great Miami River coming in from the north.